Misogi and water wings

I saw a post on Instagram a while back by Jesse Itzler (serial entrepreneur, co-founder of 29029) regarding a Japanese term called a Misogi. He explained it as doing something that defines your year, like running a marathon, starting a podcast or starting a business for example. My misogi for 202... Read More

Negativity Bias!

About 8 years ago, I ran into a retired police officer I knew. At the time, I was still a police officer with 22+ years on the job. As we spoke, it became an instantly meaningful conversation - one of those conversations that stick with you. He told me that he started as a cop at a very young age... Read More

So I walked up a mountain a lot...and got a red hat!

'I completed an ultra event' is not a sentence that I ever thought I would say or write, but here we are. It has been about 5 days since Kim Clark and I completed the 29029 Everesting event in Whistler with the support of my wife, brother and son (and many people in the background sending us kind... Read More

The time has come!

As I write this, I have arrived in Whistler with my support team of Terri and Jack (my oldest boy) as well as my Everesting partner Kim and my brother is on his way here. The anticipation of the event (which begins in 2 days) is something I haven’t experienced for quite some time - I feel like a ... Read More

12 Hour Walks and 29029 Everesting...

By Scott Jones Over 20 years ago, Terri and I ran the Victoria Marathon together. It was a bucket list endeavour. While I was glad I did it, I had no desire to do it again. So how the hell did I sign up to do an event that will take about 36 hours? Excellent question! Our friend Kim introduced me... Read More

First blog ever...

When the idea of me writing a blog was presented to me, I thought that sounds like a good idea. Then I thought, what exactly is a blog and how does one do that? Then my very smart bride, Terri, stepped in and let me know we have a blog space on our website so here we are! I have always enjoyed wr... Read More